The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-07
BASE BALL.
New England League.
GAME TODAY.

GAME TO-DAY.
|he Portlands win play the Lynns again
this afternoon. Coughlin win pitch for the
Lynns. Game will be called at 3 clock.
PoRTLANDs, IL; LrNNs, 2.
1t was very disagreeable day yesterday
for the opening of the league in this city, but
there was very good crowd in attendance
for all that After two innings were played
it commenced to rain and rained steadily un-
til six were played and then the umpire
called the game. The Portlands won by
their superior work at the bat and they also
outplayed the visitors in the field. Small
pitched for Portland and only six safe hits
were made off his delivery. The Lynns
tried three, Sprague, Henry and Corcoran,
but the Portlands scored right along with
every one Of them and made twelve safe hits.
The Portlands opened at the bat with
Sprague for an opposing pitchers. Andrus
led off with three base hit to right field
and scored on Dickerson's single. Hatfield
hit to Houck who, in attempting to put him
out at first, threw wild and Dickerson reach
ed home and Hatfield second before the ball
was returned. Hatfield went to third on
Thayer's put out and DAWN was struck by a
pitched ball, taking first and stealing second.
Schoeneck then made a two base hit to left
field bringing Hatfield and DAWN both in.
At this point Henry was put into the box for
Lynn and Sprague retired to the field. The
next two men went out and the inning
closed. In the second Barber took his first
ON balls, stole second and came in on two
put outs. In the third two more runs were
earned on hits by Sehoeneck, Small and Bar
Der, and in the fourth two were added by a
base on balls, two hits and some good base
running. At this point Corcoran was put
into the box and in the fifth the POrtlands
were blanked. They added two in the sixth
on two hits, a base on balls and a passed
ball.
The Lynns scored their first run in the
third inning. Murray got two bagger to
| left field and Henry brought him home on a
| single. 1t had then commenced to rain a
little and the score being to against them
| they hung back and wanted the game called
| This was the proper thing for them OF course
| but the umpire didn't see it in that light and
the game continued. 1t rained lightly, but
the indications were that 1t would soon begin
to pour and the spectators were on the
/ anxious seat fearing that five innings would
not be played In the first part OF the sixth
it commenced to come down pretty hard anu
the umpire asked the Lynns If they wanted
| the game called. They were stuffy and
| bound to play then although the score stood
0 to / against them. The Lynns opened the
last half Of the inning with a two Dagger by
Henry and this encouraged them so that
| they commenced trying to rattle Small who
was pitching at great disadvantage, the
rain coming down quite freely. But he
wouldn't rattle at all and they didn't get an
ether hit although Henry get in on a eoupl
| put outs. The game was then called.
The score below will show that the fielding
by both clubs was excellent for such day.
| Both short stops made one error and the
Lynns' catcher three-that was all The
| Portlands excelled in brilliant plays, Luf-
wonderful Stop @ 81 s6fsw Pf Wit wfRFt in ss HffeS
throwing the latter out at first, and again in
the fifth he made another good play by hold
ing Walsh on third and then throwing out
| Terrien at first. Schoeneck brought down
the house by "A slide to second in the third
inning. He plowed the field for quite dis
tance but he got there safely. Spill made a
| good catch Of liner from Thayer's bat in
| the second inning. In the same inning
| Dickerson was hit square on the bead by a
| pitched ball which laid him out but he soon
| recovered. Following is the score: